One man is being hailed a hero after saving his neighbor who is confined to a wheelchair after fire engulfed his multi-family house Sunday night in Easthampton.
Three families are without a home in after a fire broke at 97-99 East Street last night.
“Most of the flames were coming out of the lower level, so the basement door, I tried to get in there first. As soon as I got in there, the smoke, it was like I couldn’t see anything in there,” said Paul Galotti of Easthampton.
Galotti lives on East Street, across from the house where the fire broke out. He told Western Mass News that he quickly sprang into action to rescue a man in a wheelchair inside the burning house, ultimately saving his life.
“I was screaming at the top of my lungs. I was like ‘Anybody in there?’ and I wasn’t getting a response…I tried the basement again screaming and I heard a muffled voice ‘I need help, I’m in a wheelchair,” Galotti added.